Sellsy's Monday Supplement

The news of Nick Compton being left out of the England side to play Essex filtered through as I pressed the button to publish my SMS last Monday; or as one Australian newspaper put it, "Dumped England opener.....!" A week has now surpassed and Compo has responded in the way he knows best, scoring runs and against Australia.

The interview he gave the BBC over the weekend shows what a true professional he is. "It's been a tough week but you have to dust yourself off," he said. "There's no point crying over spilt milk - as much as it was upsetting and a bit of a shock, it's nice to play the Australians and get a crack at them." He went on to say: "I still want to keep myself in the frame and you can only do that by scoring runs. Playing in the Ashes would be the pinnacle for any England cricketer."

Compton also praised Joe Root, "We all know what a good talent Joe is and how well he has taken to international cricket. He's a good lad and I wish him well," he said.

For me there are two ways to look at this. From Compo's point of view he is still wanting to play for England, and feels a little unjust, like most of us, he has been left out of the England side.

However, with my Somerset hat on, he'll be back scoring runs for the County, which are desperately needed in the County Championship, and with the likes of Craig Kieswetter and Jos Buttler returning already the Somerset batting line-up looks stronger.

Whatever happens over the next few months for Compo, I wish him much success either if he is playing for England or Somerset (and now even Worcester this week!).

The four day game against Australia ended up with the Aussies winning comfortably by six wickets. It was a good run out for the Aussie batters and bowlers, but on day one, up until the second new ball was taken it looked like a different story. Somerset was cruising at about 280-2. I had to leave at about then as I needed to get home (well back to the Cottage Inn if the truth is known), so in a 30 minute journey Somerset were all out for 320, so what happened, well I saw quite a few noughts against the home team batsmen.

Peter Trego teeing off late on Friday evening was a bit of a highlight, getting his eye in for the T20 season Pete? Now that was a joy to watch.

Yes, the 2013 T20 competition is now up and fully running, with Somerset entering the fray this Friday evening when they host neighbours Gloucestershire. So what is going to happen this season for the mighty Set? Well the bookies have already made them favourites to win the competition, so no pressure there then. All the smart arse experts are predicting Somerset will come runners-up again. Not funny anymore as we heard the same jokes last season and guess what, even though Somerset got to finals day, they didn't come runners-up, they didn't win it either losing in the Semis, so there you bunch off know-alls!

Well one sure thing about this Friday's encounter is that it will be busy at the County Ground, so it looks like I will be buying four pints a time!

From T20 cricket to six-a-side. Over Stowey hold their annual Charity Cricket Weekend this Saturday and Sunday. Disco, bar and barbecue on the Saturday evening, with the six-a-side on the Sunday. In recent years (apart from last year when it rained for a month) this event has been good fun, so we have booked the weather and let's have a good weekend.

Stowey will still be playing cricket, with the 2nd playing at home on the Saturday, whereas the 1st team travel to Roadwater, surely we are not at the half way stage of the season all ready?

Ok, 5.27, time for a Thatchers before the skittles meeting.